Chamber and committees

North Lanarkshire Council submission of 18 January 2022

PE1856/Q - Support the taxi trade

I refer to your letter of 16 December 2021 seeking data from North Lanarkshire Council regarding the numbers of taxi and private hire licences in existence before the pandemic and the numbers of those licences currently in existence.

Please see the requested information below:-

March 2020

Taxi Driver's - 1,189

Private Hire Driver - 1,662

Taxi Operator's - 489

Private Hire Operator's - 1,554

January 2022

Taxi Driver's - 984

Private Hire Driver - 1,192

Taxi Operator's - 477

Private Hire Operator's - 1,201

I hope the foregoing information is of assistance to you in assessing the impacts of the pandemic on the taxi and private hire trade.